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Important Australian Aboriginal Art - 18 March 2020  |  Melbourne

Lot 79
Nonggirrnga Marawili‎
born c‎.‎1939‎
GAPU‎, ‎2013

natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark‎

127‎.‎0 ‎x ‎46‎.‎0 ‎cm ‎(‎irregular‎)‎



Estimate:
$‎4‎,‎000 ‎– ‎6‎,‎000‎


Lot sold: $8,540 (inc. BP)


Lot Details

Description

Nonggirrnga Marawili‎
born c‎.‎1939‎
GAPU‎, ‎2013

natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark‎

127‎.‎0 ‎x ‎46‎.‎0 ‎cm ‎(‎irregular‎)‎

bears inscription verso: Buku–Larrnggay Mulka Arts cat. 4459B and Alcaston Gallery cat. AK19732

Provenance

Buku‎-‎Larrnggay Mulka Arts‎, ‎Yirrkala, Northern Territory (label attached verso)
Alcaston Gallery‎, ‎Melbourne
Private collection‎, ‎Sydney

Exhibited

Nonggirrnga Marawili‎: ‎Lightning and the Rock‎, ‎Alcaston Gallery‎, ‎Melbourne‎, ‎2015, cat. 13 (illus. in exhibition catalogue, dated as ‘2014’)

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Buku–Larrnggay Mulka Arts, Yirrkala.